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Carlos Zambrano may go on the DL after being whacked in his pitching elbow with a fungo bat by White Sox coach Joey Cora.
Just ****ing shoot me.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/cubs/cst-spt-cub12.html
Cora mishap with fungo bat KO's Zambrano
July 12, 2006
BY CHRIS DE LUCA Staff Reporter
PITTSBURGH -- A freak accident involving White Sox third base coach Joey Cora and Cubs All-Star Carlos Zambrano could send the right-hander to the disabled list for the first time since 2002.
Zambrano was the only Cubs representative at the All-Star Game on Tuesday night at PNC Park, and he was sent home with a bruised elbow -- the last thing the team's banged-up staff needed.
X-rays were negative, and Cubs trainer Mark O'Neal was alerted by medical officials at the game. Zambrano is expected to undergo further tests today in Chicago.
Though he was slated to pitch two innings, Zambrano was knocked out of the game after being struck accidentally by a fungo bat swung by Cora during batting practice. Cora and the rest of the Sox coaching staff left PNC Park immediately after the game.
Through a Sox spokesperson, Cora said he was hitting fungos near the batting cage when Zambrano approached to do interviews with Venezuelan reporters.
Cora said he struck Zambrano's pitching arm on one of his backswings.
Zambrano wasn't available after the game, but NL manager Phil Garner of the Houston Astros said the right-hander was shelved because of the bruise.
''I had him scheduled to pitch the fourth and fifth innings,'' Garner said. ''It's a bruise, that's what they told me.''
White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, who guided the AL stars, said he was unaware of the incident.
''The way Joey swings the bat, he couldn't have hurt anyone,'' Guillen said.
The Cubs have already lost right-hander Kerry Wood (shoulder) for the rest of the season, and right-hander Mark Prior skipped a start over the weekend because of a strained left oblique and could also be headed back to the disabled list.
Zambrano would have been in line to start Friday, but that now seems highly unlikely.
Just ****ing shoot me.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/cubs/cst-spt-cub12.html
Cora mishap with fungo bat KO's Zambrano
July 12, 2006
BY CHRIS DE LUCA Staff Reporter
PITTSBURGH -- A freak accident involving White Sox third base coach Joey Cora and Cubs All-Star Carlos Zambrano could send the right-hander to the disabled list for the first time since 2002.
Zambrano was the only Cubs representative at the All-Star Game on Tuesday night at PNC Park, and he was sent home with a bruised elbow -- the last thing the team's banged-up staff needed.
X-rays were negative, and Cubs trainer Mark O'Neal was alerted by medical officials at the game. Zambrano is expected to undergo further tests today in Chicago.
Though he was slated to pitch two innings, Zambrano was knocked out of the game after being struck accidentally by a fungo bat swung by Cora during batting practice. Cora and the rest of the Sox coaching staff left PNC Park immediately after the game.
Through a Sox spokesperson, Cora said he was hitting fungos near the batting cage when Zambrano approached to do interviews with Venezuelan reporters.
Cora said he struck Zambrano's pitching arm on one of his backswings.
Zambrano wasn't available after the game, but NL manager Phil Garner of the Houston Astros said the right-hander was shelved because of the bruise.
''I had him scheduled to pitch the fourth and fifth innings,'' Garner said. ''It's a bruise, that's what they told me.''
White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, who guided the AL stars, said he was unaware of the incident.
''The way Joey swings the bat, he couldn't have hurt anyone,'' Guillen said.
The Cubs have already lost right-hander Kerry Wood (shoulder) for the rest of the season, and right-hander Mark Prior skipped a start over the weekend because of a strained left oblique and could also be headed back to the disabled list.
Zambrano would have been in line to start Friday, but that now seems highly unlikely.
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